Happy Valentines Day

Matt sure knows the wat to my heart with a donut of course my biggest weakness

lets try this again

Well lets see about trying this again 3rd times a charm right. I have decided to just keep this blog about my excercise and yummy recipes pictures and crafts. I wont make myself have to do this every day and it will be easier to post with my kindle fire. So we shall see how this year goes with the blog. Not making any promises though. So far this year has been uneventful. Me and Matt have signed up for a bunch of 5k races this year the first one is on march 10th called the cork town race. Its on downtown Detroit so that should be fun. Other than that we've just been lazy this winter with our pup Zoe. Cant wait for the weather to get warmer and winter to be over.

been a few days

well its been a few days since I've posted anything. But the good thing is that I still am taking pictures. I honestly don't have a lot to say today. So I'm  just going to post the pics I;ve taken over the last few days

 this is at a park called Island lake me and Matt go here to go on bike rides, kayaking and walks.

 the river was moving really fast

 I'm so tall

 this is as frozen as its been this winter too many warm days

I went over to my friends house to visit her and her little 1 month old baby Olivia. She is going to let me take infant pictures of her so I can practice. I'm really excited about it and am getting so many ideas off of my new obsession pinterest

 I loved the black and white she was so alert and the cutest little girl I have ever seen. Out of all of my friends this is the first one that has had a girl everyone has boys lol.

On my way to work today I took some pictures with my phone of silver lake. You cant really tell but it was super foggy. Like Pacific Grove foggy

Very dangerous too since I took these while driving lol.
See you guys later

weight loss

I weighed myself today and have lost 2 1/2 more pounds which is so exciting. I had lost 11 pounds after my tonsillectomy and gained only 3 back in December so now I am back to post tonsils. My plan is to lose 35-40 but the end of June. My friend Tracie is getting married June 23rd and I am a bridesmaid and then the weekend after my other friend Kelly is getting married and Im in her wedding too. So I have 2 dresses that I want to look great in. It isnt even a unrealistic goal it equals out to be about 1 1/2 pounds a week.


 Matt doesnt think I should do this but I had him take a picture of me and every month on the 11th Im going to have him take one of me to track my progress and I thought since I dont think a lot of people actually read this blog besides family that it would be my picture of the day. I'm not ashamed Im losing it anyway and I want to show my progress.


 This is me January 11th 2012

I wont post my weight though......

 I decided that along with my photo of the day I can use this as a weight loss blog too. I will post yummy low fat recipes and fun work outs.

 The weather was really nice today again (45 degrees) so I took another walk on my lunch break and then after making a yummy dinner of homemade chicken nuggets for matt and pasta with chicken for me I made matt go down in the basement with me and do P90X arms and shoulders. I will definetly be feeling it tomorrow.

 Well Im off to bed since Im getting up to go to the gym again before work.

 Hope this blog isnt too boring and some people actually like to read it.
 See you tomorrow

yummy

I went on a walk toady on my lunch break since it was 45 degrees out which is super warm for January in Michigan and I took my camera along with me because I wanted to take some pictures of this tree I always drive by that is so huge and has really cool branches. I pull out my camera to start taking some pictures and the screen says "cannot save no memory card" DOOOHHHHHH I left it in the computer. LOL So much for that but it was really nice to get some fresh air since the temperatures are supposed to drop again later this week.

My picture of the day ended up being a very yummy dinner that Matt made. He is in a weight loss competition at work. Whoever loses the most percentage of body weight in 3 months winds $500. Hes really wanting to win so he can buy me a puppy. ;) He found this yummy recipe

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/three-chile-dusted-shrimp-with-quick-corn-relish-10000001687638/

It was so good and very low fat low cal.

It looked pretty too. Im off to do some zumba.
See you tomorrow

the man in the moon

Today I was really productive. I went to the gym with Matt at 6am and for those of you that know me that has never happened and I am still super shocked that I did it. I loved knowing that when I got off work I didn't have to feel guilty just sitting on the couch because I have already worked out today. I have 2 bridesmaids dresses to wear this June so it's time to step it all up a notch.

I took a few pictures of the moon this morning because it looked really cool behind some clouds but they didnt come out as good as I thought

But.......... thanks to Gaela who told me that I needed to take a picture of the moon tonight I went outside and messed around with some settings and this is what I got

Yep I think this is the best picture I have ever took, and I'm so excited because I used some different manual settings to achieve it.







Today was a great start to the week. Now it's time to sit on the couch and watch some Kardashians because yes I like this show and wait for Matt to come home so we can have some yummy turkey sandwiches for dinner.
See you tomorrow

Blahhhhh

Well my plans for Friday and the rest of the weekend changed a little bit. I ended up with the worst stomach flu I think I have ever had. Either that or since I'm older it sucked a lot more than I remember. So sorry but the only things I saw this weekend were

this awesome toilet and.........

this comfy couch

lets try this again shall we
See you tomorrow

I didn't make it

Well I'm finding it really hard to do a picture a day when I go to work in the dark and come home from work in the dark. Not a lot of options for picture taking. So I don't know what I'm going to do but I'm still going to try.

This morning I didn't have to be at work until 10:30 but I had a headache so I didn't go anywhere this early. So I took some pictures of the trees in our backyard.

I am shocked that I'm actually going to say this but I wish there was some more snow on the ground and with these trees the snow on them would look really pretty. Snow always makes pictures pretty.







It was really nice though to wake up and see some blue skies.

I've been feeling kind of down this week and I'm thinking it's the start of the winter blues. I always get them no matter what I do.










I'm going to end this post with a picture I took while I was at work. I was getting a room ready for a patient and I saw this beautiful sunset out the window so I had to capture it

I will be hanging out with some close friends tomorrow night and I plan to take some pictures while I am there. I'm also planning on going to the park on Saturday to take some more pictures and play with some different settings.

Talk to you soon

18 degrees

Well today was freezing. So when I got home from work I stayed inside and took this picture from inside my warm house.

Its the tree in our front yard. I like the little red berries on it.

I cam home today and got my zumba for the Wii Im excited to try it later tonight. Maybe I can get Matt to do it with me. Ha Ha yeah right. He will be sitting on the couch playing with his Ipad that he cant put down.
See you tomorrow
Lizzy

a day at my parents house

Matt had to work today but I didn't so I went to my parents house and painted Stephanie's nails. She is starting to get back to her old self again. Ripping magazines again she gave me a kiss at the highest spot she can reach which happened to be my boob.... but I was still happy.

I took some pics of my parents back yard as my photo of the day

This squirrel was hiding himself from the wind and snow

This cardinal was so bright and pretty on such a gray day

Stephanie had enough fun for the day shes out cold on dads lap

AWWWWWWW isn't that sweet

Well back to work tomorrow lets see if I can keep up with this blog during the work week.
TA TA For Now

A little dusting

well this is my first picture of the year

We have spent the whole day doing nothing which is exactly what I wanted to do. Matt hung up some things we got for Christmas and I played with my kindle fire. I took this picture from our kitchen. Its a picture of the start of some snow on our deck. Its so windy today and it just started flurrying.

photo a day

So I decided that this year I am going to attempt the photo a day challenge. Its going to get me used to my camera that I spent all this money on and barely use. I really hope.I can do it. So I will start tomorrow I hope.you guys will check my blog out.

The best dog we could of ever asked for

The Rainbow Bridge

inspired by a Norse legend

By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,

Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.

Where the friends of man and woman do run,

When their time on earth is over and done.

For here, between this world and the next,

Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.

On this golden land, they wait and they play,

Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,

For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.

Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,

Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

They romp through the grass, without even a care,

Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.

All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,

Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

For just at that instant, their eyes have met;

Together again, both person and pet.

So they run to each other, these friends from long past,

The time of their parting is over at last.

The sadness they felt while they were apart,

Has turned into joy once more in each heart.

They embrace with a love that will last forever,

And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.

I love you Sammson and I will never forget you !

Swimming with Sam

Sam hasnt been doing to well  so one thing we wanted to do one last time was take him swimming which is his favorite thing in the world. Matt found an indoor doggie pool called My Shadow and Me so we made an appointment to take him we had so much fun we brought Sams buddy Jake and his owners Vikki Wess and their son Caleb and they brought their niece to swim too here are some pics 

It was so nice to play with him and swim he's the best dog we could of ever asked for and Im so glad that we got to do this with him

Undecided

I'm at a loss for what to blog about nothing really is going on in my life except snow snow and more snow. I figure that when it gets warmer I can write about all the activities well be doing all summer.

We had to take Sam to the vet to check on his tumor which is the same by the way but hes also lost 6 pounds in less than 2 weeks so we have to go back and see if he is still losing.

On the way home we went to find a few geocaches. Matt has found almost 275 of them. These were just simple ones in parking lots so we didn't have to go through all the snow. Me and Sam sat in the car while Matt went to get them. It was too cold to get out LOL. We were driving towards one and there was another car in the spot that the geocache was at. We sat in the car for a little and then realized that they were fellow geocachers. We haven't ever seen anybody while they were out. They were 2 older ladies that were really nice and even took our picture for their scrap book. Apparently they were in Vegas last week geocaching too. Man I wish I was somewhere warm right now.

I ended up showing Matt where I worked since hes never seen it and then we went home. Matt has a bad cold and my throat is starting to hurt a little so the rest of the weekend will be spent taking care of my sick baby.

See I told you nothing exciting is happening right now.

The weight loss thing didn't really happen this week. I weighed on Monday and had lost 2 pounds in a couple weeks and I didn't eat anything bad till last night when I made the fettuccine I was so excited about. But no exercising. We are trying to plan a trip to Kalahari indoor water park with a big group of people in October so that will be some motivation. We went a few years back and we lost a ton of weight so it will work.

Anyway if anyone has any ideas on what to blog about let me know I'm kinda boring

Here is a pic of the snow today it went up to Sams belly  Yep our christmas lights are still up.

This was after the snow today and the beautiful pink orange sky behind it.

Sam Loves the snow he digs with his nose all through it

This is the week

So this is the week Im going to start to get back to my hot bod. I have some trips in the works to get me motivated and I am just tired of seeing the scale going up again and again.

With the huge snow storm coming Im not sure how the working out part will be but Im going grocery shopping on my lunch break tomorrow and buying all healthy food. My only problem is I really want to make this fettuccine Alfredo that is from this restaurant that my dad used to take me to on my birthday called Chutneys.Im going to try to make it as low fat as possible or else it will just be my cheat day of the week.

I will weigh tomorrow and see what happens. If the snow keeps me in hibernation I will just work out with some dvds.

 I am very ready NOW!!!!!!

The Possessed Chipmunk

Matt got Sam this stuffed chipmunk for Christmas. This animal is possessed! Sam will play with it or we will kick it and it lands most of the time it is on its feet.


Its getting to the point where I will walk in a room and it will be standing there staring at me.

I swear we are not putting him like this. I guess Matt could be to mess with me now that I think about it.

I went to say bye to Sam one morning and the stupid chipmunk was standing right there staring at me. It looks evil. LOL

This is the best picture ever.

Matt thinks I'm a weirdo for blogging.

Just thought I would try this

So I just started to look at other peoples blogs and I thought why not. I love the fact that facebook keeps me in contact with a lot of my family from all over the country  but I thought this would be a good way for them and anybody else that doesn't have facebook to see what I do with my life. I don't do a whole lot but this year has started the beginning of some changes.

I started a new career and have a job which started a week ago. I became a medical assistant and am working at a pediatric office and I couldn't be happier. I love it and I still get to work with kids which has always been my passion.

Me and Matt are slowly starting the process of buying a house. Now that I have a job again I can finally start saving it's exciting.

Our dog Sam has had a rough few weeks. We found out New Years Eve that he had a cancerous tumor on his shoulder and we had it removed. As of now the cancer is all gone which is great. We just have to keep a close eye on any new lumps and bumps. He also had his 9th birthday.

Now my life will consist of working, losing weight which I need some major motivation with... hint hint..... and waiting for summer to come so we can go jeeping, hiking, swimming at the lake and just having a great time.